retrofit’s sixth-annual Metamorphosis Awards program tapped three previous Metamorphosis Awards winners as judges: Kenneth DeMuth, AIA, partner, Pappageorge Haymes Partners; Saul Jabbawy, regional director of design, principal, EwingCole; and Samantha Scimé, AIA, NCARB, architect, social media marketing director, KMF Architects. Each judge was gracious with his or her time and knowledge.
The jury was asked to evaluate each project on the success with which it met its own requirements. They were told to weigh projects individually—not in comparison to others—and choose as many projects as they felt deserving of winning. [Editor’s Note: The judges recused themselves from judging projects in which they and/or their firms were involved.]
Through a judging platform, jurors were able to review entries and score them on their own time. John Riester, retrofit’s publisher, and Christina Koch, retrofit’s editorial director and associate publisher, conducted a Zoom meeting with the judges in August to discuss highest-ranking projects, determine placements of winners and speculate about cover possibilities. Winners were notified in late August.
Consider entering your work in the 2025 Metamorphosis Awards program, which will open in January 2025.
Kenneth DeMuth, AIA

Kenneth DeMuth has been a partner with Pappageorge Haymes Partners since 2016. His area of expertise has been adaptive reuse and historic renovation, winning such distinguished awards as the J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation and Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award. Pappageorge Haymes Partners has won several Metamorphosis Awards over the years. Most recently, the firm captured 2nd Place in 2023 in the Adaptive Reuse category for the Peabody School Apartments, Chicago. This year, the firm won 1st Place in Multifamily for Grand Kedzie Lodge, Chicago.
Saul Jabbawy

As regional director of design and principal at EwingCole, Saul Jabbawy combines his training in architecture and landscape architecture to create seamless experiences between the exterior landscape and interior spaces. A recipient of Healthcare Design’s Architect of the Year award in 2016, his work in health care, research and education has earned numerous design awards during the past 25 years. In addition, EwingCole won 1st Place in the Historic category of retrofit’s 2023 Metamorphosis Awards for the Burk-Bergman Boathouse, Philadelphia.
Samantha Scimé, AIA, NCARB

Samantha Scimé has spearheaded projects across commercial, government, historic and public sectors. At KMF Architects, her work has led to the preservation and adaptive reuse of numerous historic buildings in central Florida, including three award-winning projects. In 2023, KMF Architects was recognized with three Metamorphosis Awards: The firm won 2nd Place in the Wild Card category for the University of Florida Architecture Building canopy, as well as Honorable Mentions in the Exterior category for Climate First Bank, Winter Park, Fla., and the Historic category for Leu House, Orlando, Fla.